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For the first time, scientists have recorded brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, revealing the sleep habits of elephant seals during…

A new study reveals that the mass loss of lake-terminating glaciers in the Great Himalayas has been significantly underestimated due to the inability…

Nature documentaries will tell you that lions, cheetahs, wolves and other top predators target the weakest or slowest animals and that this culling…

Over the past 100 million years, mammals have adapted to nearly every environment on Earth. Scientists with the Zoonomia Project are cataloging the…

This week, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan traveled to The Hague to join international partners for the Global Research Council's (GRC) annual…

U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan traveled to The Hague, Netherlands, for the Global Research Council's (GRC) 11th…

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced $91.8 million in funding for a Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 award to the University Corporation…

For millennia, humans have used knots for all kinds of reasons — to tie rope, braid hair or weave fabrics. But there are organisms that are better at…

From access cards and key fobs to Bluetooth speakers, the security of communication between wireless devices is critical in maintaining privacy and…

The first people to live in the Americas migrated from Siberia across the Bering Land Bridge more than 20,000 years ago. Some made their way as far…